Partnering with Haiti to Rebuild the State

Post-Earthquake USG Haiti Strategy

October 2010 United States Government Principles of a New USG Haiti Strategy

Five Principles

USG assistance will be country-led and build country capacity

USG assistance will be comprehensive and integrated

USG assistance will leverage and be coordinated with the resources of other partners .

USG assistance will leverage multi-lateral mechanisms wherever appropriate

USG assistance will be sustained and accountable

2 GOH Reconstruction Priorities

GOH Priority Area Investment* Priorities Desired Results

1 $1.5B • Damaged zones • Decentralized economy of Haiti with rural population • Roads, ports, airports thriving outside Port-au-Prince Territorial • Hurricane preparation • Improved roads • Regional development • Construction of ports and airport infrastructure

2 • Agriculture • Support for agriculture as driver of economy – $0.8B • Access to credit success in mangos, poultry, coffee, etc Economic • Electricity • Stronger and more formal MSME** sector • Improved reliability and access to electricity

3 • Job creation • Immediate focus on housing for the displaced $1.6B • Social protection • State-led job creation in the short-term Social • Culture • Strengthened educational infrastructure • Education • Reconstruction and equipping of medical facilities • Healthcare • Improved access to clean water and energy • Food/Water

4 $1.1B • Democracy • More capable, modern Haitian government Institutional • Admin • Strengthened local and regional government • Justice institutions • Security • Better laws, improved law enforcement

* “Investment” is comprised of $3.86B in public investments and $1.18B in budgetary support, per GOH Action Plan; $0.8B in pr ivate sector needs not included. ** “MSME” stands for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises. Source: Action Plan for National Recovery and Development for Haiti (March 2010). 3 Interim Haiti Recovery Commission: GOH-led Planning & Coordination

• Historically, most international assistance has been spent with little or no direction from the GOH. IHRC addresses a need for effective and coordinated action to rebuild livelihoods.

• IHRC is a Haitian institution with central authority over planning and implementation, with representation of major donors (e.g., Brazil, Canada, EU, France, Spain, Venezuela, UN, US, WB, IDB) on the Board.

• IHRC has an independent auditing, results-based management and national planning and communications platform. 4 Interim Haiti Recovery Commission: Web Portal

5 USG Strategy Framework

Five Principles Four Pillars Three USG assistance will be country-led and Corridors Two build country capacity Objectives Infrastructure One and Energy Goal Northern Corridor USG assistance will be comprehensive Catalyze and integrated economic Food and growth Economic Security USG assistance will leverage and be A stable and Saint Marc coordinated with the resources of economically viable Corridor other partners Haiti . Health and Other Basic Build long- Services term USG assistance will leverage multi-lateral stability mechanisms wherever appropriate Cul-de-Sac Corridor Governance and Rule of Law USG assistance will be sustained and accountable

Commitment Focus Results 6 U.S. Development Corridors

7 The Four Pillars

Strategy Key Capacity Supplemental Snapshot Building Elements Funding 1 •House 140k IDPs in rehabilitated •Create mortgage financing facility. and newly constructed homes •Provide technical support to develop both in Port-Au-Prince and new urban planning schemes, building growth poles. codes, and a national housing strategy. • Infrastructure Build secondary and tertiary •Engage with Port Authority to reform roads and new port outside of customs system. $425.8M & Energy Port-au-Prince. •Modernize energy sector with a new •Rehabilitate and expand regulatory framework and mechanism electricity grid; reform regulatory for enhanced institutional capabilities system and public electric utility. and increased private sector •Provide alternative to charcoal participation in the energy sector. cooking fuel.

2 • Invest in a two-pronged • Expand and train GOH approach of (1) watershed extension services and soil/seed restoration to protect fertile scientist cadre. plains and (2) investments in •Work with Central Bank to Food & staple crops and cash crops facilitate implementation of the a (mango and cocoa). partial-credit guarantee fund to $63.6M Economic •Refinance distressed or non- incentivize banks to refinance and Security performing loans held by small make new loans. and medium-sized businesses negatively impacted by the earthquake.

8 The Four Pillars

Strategy Key Capacity Supplemental Snapshot Building Elements Funding 3 •Redirect focus of program from service •Increase funding for technical delivery to health system assistance, training, and infrastructure strengthening—targeting assistance to investments including the rebuilding of health care infrastructure, supply the General Hospital and Medical Health & chains, human resource capacity, and Science Campus. performance based contracting. • Assist GOH to track and meet health $118M Other Basic •Maintain core package of basic health outcome targets and to take over Services services throughout the country and maintenance payments for key health comprehensive services in development care facilities. corridor s to achieve health outcomes. •Work with Ministry of Education to •Support GOH and Inter-American deliver conditional cash transfer to Development Bank with reform plan for private schools that meet national Haitian education system. standards.

4 • Strengthening national and local • Work with Dept. of Treasury Office of government to plan, budget, and Technical Assistance to provide administer efficient systems. embedded support to key ministries •Support IHRC through participation on (Finance, Planning, Pubic Works) to Board, cost sharing, and technical expert enhance planning, budgeting, tax secondments. collection, etc. $300M Governance & •Improve basic functionality of justice • Fund Government Fellows program Rule of Law system by assisting with passage and targeting Haitian Diaspora. implementation of new codes, providing •Assist Parliament with bill drafting judicial mentors, and rehabilitating and passage. judicial infrastructure. •Provide specialized training to HNP •Repair and reconstruct corrections and (TIP, SWAT, forensics, traffic). police infrastructure and expand training •Work with Corrections Directorate to program. develop pre-trial detainee database. 9 Elections Support: $15M

International & Domestic • Support to the OAS for high-level, long-term observation mission. • Technical and financial assistance to domestic monitoring organizations to run Observation observation missions; training on filing elections complaints.

Elections Planning, • Purchase of electoral supplies, salaries of election workers, transport costs. • Technical support to the Provisional Electoral Council. Supplies, and Operations • Assistance with electoral list verification.

Civic Education & Voter • Technical assistance to civic organizations to run “get out the vote” campaigns, Mobilization voter education, public debates, focus groups and polling exercises.

• Technical assistance to political parties, activists and candidates to help register supporters to vote and turn out; to do media outreach; and to Political Party Support organize town hall meetings; • Training to party pollwatchers.

• Training for local journalists on responsible elections reporting. • Facilitation of partnership between civic organizations and media to support a Media Support community radio network focusing on voter education and mobilizing messaging.

10 Doing Business Differently to Rebuild the Haitian State

Reforming & Strengthening Institutions

Setting Budget Sustainability Support Targets

A Stronger Haitian State Investing in Participation Public in IHRC Infrastructure

GOH Fellows Program & 120M to the Embedded Multi-Donor Technical Trust Fund Experts 11